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The Turkish Language Explained for English Speakers A Treatise on the Turkish Language and its Grammar. John Guise Title: The Turkish Language Explained for English Speakers. Description: A Treatise on the Turkish Language and its Grammar. Updated: August 2015 ISBN 978-0-473-20817-2 Copyright: 2012 John Guise. All rights reserved. http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk Table of Contents The Turkish Language Explained for English Speakers Foreword Ch. 1 : About the Turkish Language. Ch. 2 : Vowel Harmony Ch. 3 : Consonant Mutation Ch. 4 : Buffer Letters Ch. 5 : The Suffixes Ch. 6 : The Articles Ch. 7 : Nouns Ch. 8 : Adjectives Ch. 9 : Personal Pronouns Ch. 10 : Possessive Adjectives Ch. 11 : The Possessive Relationship Ch. 12 : Possessive Constructions Ch. 13 : Possession Var and Yok Ch. 14 : Verbs The Infinitive Ch. 15 : The Verb "To be" Ch. 16 : Present Continuous Tense Ch. 17 : Simple Tense Positive Ch. 18 : Simple Tense Negative Ch. 19 : Future Tense Ch. 20 : Past Tense Ch. 21 : The Conditional Mood Ch. 22 : Auxiliary Verbs Ch. 23 : The Imperative Mood Ch. 24 : The Co‑operative Mood Ch. 25 : The Passive Mood Ch. 26 : The Causative Mood Ch. 27 : The Mood of Obligation Ch. 28 : The Potential Mood Ch. 29 : The Mood of Wish and Desire Ch. 30 : Verbal Adjectives and Nouns Ch. 31 : Object Participles Ch. 32 : İken "while" Ch. 33 : Verbal Nouns Ch. 34 : Adverbial Clauses Ch. 35 : Ki "that, which, who" Ch. 36 : Demonstratives Ch. 37 : Spatials Ch. 38 : Spatial Relationships Ch. 39 : Time and Seasons Ch. 40 : Colours Ch. 41 : Numbers Ch. 42 : Word Recognition in Turkish Ch. 43 : Conversation Items Ch. 44 : How to say "Thank you" Ch. 45 : Street Turkish and Daily Talk Ch. 46 : About buyurun "Please be so kind" Ch. 47 : Turkish Modes of Address Ch. 48 : Greetings Ch. 49 : How to say ‑ "Too much, many" Ch. 50 : Word Glossaries Ch. 51 : An Apocopating Noun List Ch. 52 : Conversational Locutions Ch. 53 : Common Daily Words Ch. 54 : Irregular Simple Tense Verbs Ch. 55 : Single Syllable Verbs Ch. 56 : Turkish Intensified Adjectives Ch. 57 : Turkish Doubled Words Ch. 58 : The Author and the Book ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Foreword This Treatise on the Turkish Language and its Grammar explains and answers some of the difficulties that the learner of Turkish may encounter along their way. The focus is on understanding Turkish grammar and logic. Those who are interested in the whys and wherefores of Turkish will find amongst these pages the key to their particular problem of Turkish grammar and syntax. This book covers the basics of Turkish and further expands knowledge and understanding of Turkish by using many examples with explanations. It does not contain any practice exercises or sound files. Many of these type of basic Turkish grammar lessons can be found in other text books or on the world wide web. It is a book that will be used over the whole of the learning process from basic beginner through to intermediate and advanced stages of learning. Turkish Basic Grammar: Alphabet Vowel Harmony Agglutination (suffixing words to change their meaning.) Consonant Mutation Lack of Gender. Intermediate: Nouns and Pronouns Adjectives Verbs and Tenses Verbs and Tenses Possessive Relationship and Possession. Advanced: Verb Moods (can, may, must) Participles (verbal nouns and adjectives) Spatials and Spatial Relationships (where to, from, at) Word Formation in Turkish. Conversational Items: Time, Seasons, Numbers, Colours Saying "Thank you" About "buyurun " to express politeness Expressing need and obligation Daily Interjections Modes of Address Turkish Sign Language How to say "too much, too many Daily Talk Common Door Signs. Glossaries: List of Daily Locutions Daily Word List Irregular Tense List Turkish Single Syllable Verb List Intensified Adjectives List Reduplicated Words. A Nutshell Overview Turkish In Turkish words are changed by suffixing other words on to them. These other little important words show motion towards, location and motion from. These added words change their spelling according to set rules and they must follow the same vowel pattern (Vowel Harmony) as the word they are being

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